Why don't you like folk music?
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Make up your own words, saves time ennit
I'm all in favour of making up words, do it all the time
And then you do that stupid thing of saying it to yourself to see if it sounds right
DaRealSpoon
Do not try and bend the spoon...
And then you do that stupid thing of saying it to yourself to see if it sounds right
Totally
Bakunin
I am Noodle's bitch.
Is he?
Oh, that's unfortunate.
Still, he'll no doubt be having a whale of a time solving all those gruesome murders he was so fond of. All he'll have to do is ask around once he's through the pearly gates and Bob's your uncles, cases closed.
and that makes me more likely to know English folk musicians because...?
it doesn't
i'm just being flippant because i've worked my fucking arse off the last 4 weeks, and i started my holiday tonight
DaRealSpoon
Do not try and bend the spoon...
ok... I was taking the piss a bit anyway
*Pours sojourner a large tequila and skins up*
biyatch
is it gold tequila?
Waheyyyy for you Soj!! Crack out the booooze
it's cracked
i sent my last sales reports through at 5.10 - and then closed my fucking outlook BASTARD express down for the next 7 days, baby 
fucking hell you big fat name dropping bastard
seeing as it's you, i might as well mention last month when i smoked up with damo suzuki til 6 in the morning...?
seeing as it's you, i might as well mention last month when i smoked up with damo suzuki til 6 in the morning...?
that's nowt. everyone has a fucking spliff with damo
aww - i do love that lil guy
Velouria
Long time lurker
is it Acapulco Gold?weepiper said:ok... I was taking the piss a bit anyway although it's true but.
*Pours sojourner a large tequila and skins up*
biyatch
is it gold tequila?
Funky_monks
Neo-Rustic
^^ This totally. All blues fans please see the work of Martin Simpson
I really, really like Martin Simpson - except when he plays the blues. Technically brilliant he may be, but the blues just sounds wrong when he plays it (brilliantly on very expensive custom-made Sobells or whatever).
Seasick Steve on the other hand seems to 'have' (had?) the blues - if you see what I mean (I use him as an example as he is current and of a similar age to Simpson).
I'm very interested in hearing these trad English singers though. Any reccomendations?
ericjarvis
give a feck for the feckless
Seeing as I know somebody who played piano for Elvis Presley, I think not.
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There's a few individual artists mentioned on the thread already -- Walter Pardon, Harry Cox, Sam Larner. Of those, Walter Pardon is probably my favourite. There's also Cyril Poacher and Joseph Taylor (my all-time favourite singer of all time, in any musical genre).
Rather than going for a single-artist CD, though, there are a couple of excellent compiliations out there. There's a sampler CD called "Voice of the People," which is one track each from Topic Records' 20-CD set (also called "Voice of the People"). This is mid-price, IIRC.
There's also a compilation called "Hidden English," which covers the same ground -- and includes two recordings by the mighty Joseph Taylor, including his version of "Brigg Fair," which you'll probably recognise cos Vaughan Williams used the tune. JT was the first English folk singer to be commercially released, back in 1904/1905. "Hidden English" is full-priced, though.
A useful website for this kind of thing is Musical Traditions: -
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/
It's very clunky, but there's loads of great stuff on there. Especially useful is the "Voice of the People" site on there, which has reviews and guides to the VotP CDs: -
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/votp.htm
Rod Stradling, who runs Musical Traditions, also produces his own CDs of traditional singers -- he does a sampler for a tenner, which is all good stuff. If I was going to get one MT CD (other than the sampler), I'd probably go for "Here's luck to the man," which is recordings of gypsy/traveller singers. Excellent versions of fine songs, but also an example of how the tradition didn't stand still. Some of the old boys on there clearly like their Sinatra, for instance
. Full tracklisting and review here: -http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/luck.htm
Idris2002
Stay Alive in '25
Some Irish folk:
THE CRACK WE HAD THE DAY WE DIED FOR IRELAND
(Woodfull, Rooney)
One frosty morn a rebel nose
did smell the British comin'
and Pearse said you must come and fight
or else you're a big frilly woman
so we went to catch the rebel bus
but me ma said hold your whist
if you don't ate up your coddle
well you'll feel no British fist.
Well the bus left oul' Fitz Gibbon Street
at the hour of ten past one
with the big hand at the ten
and the other on me gunon the bus we sang of Eireann
of freedom and liberty
we sang the soldier's song
and stop the bus we want a wee wee...
Chorus: Well a rat tat tat tat
a rat tat tat tat
the drummer he did roll
boom boom
the cannons they did roar
ha ha...
the rifles they did go
ah the crack we had the day we died for Ireland.
Well we lost Rafferty and Hafferty and
Clafferty and Pears
and Hanrahan and Brennan and the Rasher
Clancy's ears
we lost O'Connell and O'Donnell
O'Riordan and Oh dear
I lost my virginity to an English grenadier. Chorus
When the battle it was over
sure we all lay there in fright
there were arms and legs and bottoms
and a terrible smell o' shite
there was nowt to do but lie there
as me comrades corpses stank
so I raised the only limb I'd left
an' had myself a smoke. Chorus.
THE CRACK WE HAD THE DAY WE DIED FOR IRELAND
(Woodfull, Rooney)
One frosty morn a rebel nose
did smell the British comin'
and Pearse said you must come and fight
or else you're a big frilly woman
so we went to catch the rebel bus
but me ma said hold your whist
if you don't ate up your coddle
well you'll feel no British fist.
Well the bus left oul' Fitz Gibbon Street
at the hour of ten past one
with the big hand at the ten
and the other on me gunon the bus we sang of Eireann
of freedom and liberty
we sang the soldier's song
and stop the bus we want a wee wee...
Chorus: Well a rat tat tat tat
a rat tat tat tat
the drummer he did roll
boom boom
the cannons they did roar
ha ha...
the rifles they did go
ah the crack we had the day we died for Ireland.
Well we lost Rafferty and Hafferty and
Clafferty and Pears
and Hanrahan and Brennan and the Rasher
Clancy's ears
we lost O'Connell and O'Donnell
O'Riordan and Oh dear
I lost my virginity to an English grenadier. Chorus
When the battle it was over
sure we all lay there in fright
there were arms and legs and bottoms
and a terrible smell o' shite
there was nowt to do but lie there
as me comrades corpses stank
so I raised the only limb I'd left
an' had myself a smoke. Chorus.
the button
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Treated myself to this with my birthday money: -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthology_of_American_Folk_Music
It's being delivered from the US, so it'll take a while.
*drums fingers impatiently*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthology_of_American_Folk_Music
It's being delivered from the US, so it'll take a while.
*drums fingers impatiently*
the button
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Just checked the HMV website, and it's going for £97
(although might be cheaper in one of their shops). £40 from the USA.the button
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I'd do the download, but I really want the notes/booklet etc. 
I've downloaded most of the Topic "Voice of the people" series, but you can get the full booklet notes, etc for nowt off that Musical Traditions site I linked to earlier on the thread.
I've downloaded most of the Topic "Voice of the people" series, but you can get the full booklet notes, etc for nowt off that Musical Traditions site I linked to earlier on the thread.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
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Cheers, butchers. A music documentary without a contribution from Bono would be a refreshing change.
nothing to be embarrassed about - they appear to be very extensive in this case, and well worth having. if only i could find a pdf somewhere...I'd do the download, but I really want the notes/booklet etc.
that film looks splendid - cheers butch.
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
Will scan em when it arrives ...
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"Lomax -- the songhunter" is a decent enough film. Some film-maker going back to communities and trying to track down the people that Alan Lomax recorded. It has the never-fails-to-annoy Pete Seeger in it, but not for long . And also the arch-villain Peter Kennedy, who fleeced a lot of English traditional singers for personal gain, but luckily he comes out of it looking like a bit of a cock.
Edit: I got mine for a couple of quid off EBay, so I'm happy with it. Not sure if I'd pay full whack for it though.
. And also the arch-villain Peter Kennedy, who fleeced a lot of English traditional singers for personal gain, but luckily he comes out of it looking like a bit of a cock. Edit: I got mine for a couple of quid off EBay, so I'm happy with it. Not sure if I'd pay full whack for it though.
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